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Reminds one of the Polish, (but globally applicable) pre war joke, re-made during the communist era: "How could you allow your warehouse to burn down, empty!?"
by pomian 5y ago
Reminds one of the Polish, (but globally applicable) pre war joke, re-made during the communist era:
"How could you allow your warehouse to burn down, empty!?"
- baud147258 5y agothe joke would be that you should claim that the actually empty warehouse burn down full, to claim insurance on the content, right? that reminds me of a rumor that I heard about the Atlantic Conveyor (UK merchant ship carrying military equipment sunk during the Falklands War): many military units claimed their equipment was on the ship (and thus lost), presumably to get replacements, that in the end the ship was supposed to carrying more supplies than its capacity
- mjevans 5y agoOver capacity and negligence on the part of someone who was supposed to check that are fairly good reasons for a legitimate vessel with too much stuff to get lost. More plausibly everyone claimed what they should have been shipping, good luck proving who over-claimed and under-shipped.
- red369 5y agoI think there is also a similar story told in Chickenhawk, which is Robert Mason's retelling of his Vietnam war experiences. It may be that he presented it as a rumour too though. Off-topic: I enjoyed Chickenhawk much more than I would have expected from the synopsis. This random person on the web here (me) highly recommends it!